This post was originally published on insomniac.tech on August 31, 2026.
I’m publishing public records request 26-651 — 69 pages of email between NOPD and Project NOLA’s Bryan Lagarde, covering November 2025.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XcQOBKRaVUbNkJvEcowVZxuvilPc8qno/view?usp=drive_link
The pattern
The threads are repetitive, which is the point. A detective emails Lagarde directly from a NOPD email address, often attaching a still image, and asks Project NOLA to locate, backtrack, or track a person across the camera network. In November 2025 alone:
- Nov 19 — Det. Shanay T. Howard, item K-18130-25: asks Project NOLA to locate and backtrack two subjects from a camera still. Complaint filed.
- Nov 6 — Det. Nico A. D’Alessandro, item K-05861-25: sends Project NOLA images of both the alleged perpetrator and the victim, and asks for facial recognition on both. Lagarde replies. Complaint filed.
- Nov 6 — Det. John R. Huntington, 800 block of Bourbon: a day-long request to track a person. Complaint filed.
- Nov 5 — Det. Lucretia Gantner: asks to have her Project NOLA account restored, knowing accounts had been frozen. Lagarde reactivates it and expands her access.
This is not Project NOLA pushing unsolicited tips. This is NOPD placing orders for unlawful facial recognition. Please sign my petition to end this Orwellian surveillance now.
